Match

Essendon vs Western Bulldogs

Commentary / 17 Jul 2020

Pre Game

00:00

Essendon has averaged 59 tackles per game this season - the most of any side. It has conceded a disposal efficiency of 70% - the fourth-lowest of any side.

Quarter 1

00:00

Q1 is now underway.

00:19

SCORE BEHIND - Bulldogs (Tom Liberatore)

00:59

SCORE BEHIND - Bombers (Kyle Langford)

01:39

SCORE GOAL - Bulldogs (Mitch Wallis)

03:25

SCORE GOAL - Bombers (Anthony McDonald-Tipungwuti)

03:31

Fast start in this game. Two inside 50s for each side with the sides scoring from all four of these entries.

08:27

The Bulldogs have had three chains starting in the defensive 50 so far tonight. They have generated an inside 50 from two of these inside 50s and scored from both entries.

11:27

SCORE GOAL - Bombers (Jayden Laverde)

11:37

After a quiet start to the season, David Zaharakis had 20 disposals and three goals last week and has started with four disposals, two intercept possessions and one score involvement so far in this game.

14:52

Jordan Ridley has had five disposals and three intercept marks so far tonight.

16:28

Tom Liberatore has won four of the Bulldogs first five clearances of the game.

18:25

The Bombers have scored from four of their six inside 50s so far across the night. They have scored from all three of their goals from stoppages across the game.

20:19

The Bombers lead the centre clearance count 4-2. The Bulldogs have score 2.0 (12) from their two clearances, while the Bombers have scored 1.1 (7) from their four wins.

22:58

SCORE GOAL - Bulldogs (Cody Weightman)

23:12

Cody Weightman kicks his first goal with his first career kick.

25:15

Essendon leads the uncontested possession count 54-24, but trail by 6 points on the scoreboard.

25:34

SCORE BEHIND - Bombers (Shaun McKernan)

26:37

Tom Liberatore has won four of the Bulldogs seven clearances across the game and Darcy Parish has won three of the Bombers' six clearances.

26:55

SCORE BEHIND - Bombers (Shaun McKernan)

29:21

The two sides have scored 46 points across the game. Of these only seven points have come as a result of turnovers. On average 59% of match points usually come from turnovers.

Quarter 2

00:00

Q2 is now underway.

03:34

SCORE GOAL - Bulldogs (Tim English)

03:53

Tim English kicks a goal from a contested mark. The Bulldogs have taken five contested marks tonight, all of which have been taken inside the forward 50.

05:42

SCORE BEHIND - Bulldogs (Josh Bruce)

07:59

SCORE BEHIND - Bulldogs (Rushed)

09:22

The Bulldogs have had the first five inside 50s of the second quarter.

11:31

Ruckman Tim English has applied an equal team-high three tackles and won an equal team-high four groundball-gets so far tonight.

12:51

After almost 13 minutes, the Bombers get their first inside 50 of the quarter. It results in one handball however before rebounding back into the modified.

15:32

Tim English has had six score involvements so far tonight, twice as many as any other Bulldogs player across the game.

16:49

The Bulldogs lead the clearances 6-0 from boundary throw-ins this quarter. Their only goal of the quarter so far came from a boundary throw-in clearance.

17:12

SCORE GOAL - Bombers (Jayden Laverde)

19:29

SCORE BEHIND - Bulldogs (Bailey Smith)

19:39

In the past 10 minutes, the Bulldogs lead the contested possession count 19-9, but the Bombers lead the uncontested possession count 27-9 in this time.

21:07

SCORE GOAL - Bulldogs (Patrick Lipinski)

23:25

Tim English had a big impact across that first half. He launched four of the Bulldogs 10 scoring chains and leads the game with six score involvements and eight contested possessions.

Quarter 3

00:00

Q3 is now underway.

02:25

SCORE BEHIND - Bulldogs (Cody Weightman)

05:05

Matt Suckling kicks his second goal of the night. He has been targeted inside 50 five times tonight, the second most of any Bulldogs player, ranked behind Josh Bruce (8).

06:38

SCORE GOAL - Bulldogs (Mitch Wallis)

07:17

Marcus Bontempellis has won four centre clearances so far tonight, the Bulldogs have scored directly from three of these clearances.

08:23

SCORE BEHIND - Bombers (Rushed)

09:19

The Bulldogs have taken 18 forward half marks tonight, compared to Essendon's eight. Matt Suckling has taken five forward half marks - the most of anyone across the game.

11:22

The Bulldogs lead the groundball-get count 10-3 so far in the third quarter.

13:37

Michael Hurley has gained a match-high of 364 metres gained tonight but has recorded a retention rate of just 20% from his disposals - the seventh lowest of any player across the game.

14:37

SCORE BEHIND - Bulldogs (Ed Richards)

15:54

SCORE BEHIND - Bombers (Jayden Laverde)

16:32

Essendon had 31 effective forward half disposals in the opening quarter and kicked 3.3. It has just 17 forward half disposals since quarter-time scoring just 1.2 in this time.

17:27

SCORE GOAL - Bulldogs (Jason Johannisen)

18:18

Tim English has won 14 contested possessions across the game - eight more than any other Bulldogs player.

19:32

SCORE GOAL - Bulldogs (Laitham Vandermeer)

21:28

The Bulldogs have kicked the last five goals of the game. It has scored 5.2 from its last 12 forward 50 entries.

22:37

SCORE BEHIND - Bombers (Andrew Phillips)

23:38

SCORE GOAL - Bulldogs (Ed Richards)

24:23

Marcus Bontempelli has had four of the Bulldogs eight score assists tonight, as he sets up an Ed Richards goal which gives the Bulldogs a 42-point lead.

25:51

SCORE BEHIND - Bulldogs (Tim English)

26:08

Jack Macrae had 12 disposals, nine uncontested possessions, three groundball-gets, four score involvements and two score launches in the third quarter.

Quarter 4

00:00

Q4 is now underway.

00:24

SCORE GOAL - Bulldogs (Cody Weightman)

01:39

The Bulldogs kicked another goal from a centre bounce clearance, their fourth goal tonight from this source. It has scored a total of 26 points from centre bounce clearances - the completion average is eight points per game from centre bounce clearances.

04:29

SCORE BEHIND - Bulldogs (Rushed)

04:44

The Bulldogs lead the contested possession count 12-4 so far in the fourth quarter.

06:47

Since half-time, Essendon has had just five effective kicks in its forward half.

07:24

SCORE BEHIND - Bombers (Shaun McKernan)

10:27

The Bulldogs are one point away from equalling their highest score this season and Essendon is still two points shy of the lowest score the Bulldogs have conceded this season.

12:13

Mitch Wallis kicks his third goal of the night. It is the fifth time he has kicked three goals in a game with the last time coming in Round 17, 2018.

13:06

SCORE GOAL - Bombers (Cale Hooker)

15:08

SCORE GOAL - Bombers (David Zaharakis)

15:33

Tim English has won 17 contested possessions so far - eight more than any other Bulldogs player across the game and two more than any other Bulldogs player in any game so far this season.

16:42

SCORE BEHIND - Bulldogs (Rushed)

18:49

SCORE BEHIND - Bombers (Anthony McDonald-Tipungwuti)

19:25

SCORE GOAL - Bulldogs (Bailey Dale)

19:38

The Bombers lead the inside 50 count 15-8 across the quarter, but have been outscored 3.2 to 2.2 across the term.

21:50

SCORE BEHIND - Bombers (Mitchell Hibberd)

23:05

Bailey Williams leads the Bulldogs with eight intercept possessions and 465 metres gained across the game.

23:47

SCORE GOAL - Bombers (Devon Smith)

24:03

Tim English has been the standout player across the game. Besides his game-high 17 contested possessions he has also had equal game-highs of eight score involvements and six clearances. He has also had 21 disposals without any turnovers across the game.

25:40

The Bulldogs win by 42 points, they were able to score 26 points from centre bounce clearances and 18 points from kick-ins. The competition averages are eight points from centre bounce clearances and two points from kick-ins per team across a game.